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' J.. G. CHAMP.

GARMENT HOOK. No. 585,891. I Patented Mar. 19, 1895.

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.Josnrn o. engineer PHILADELPHIA, "PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR or jo'NE- HALE TOOHARLESD. GRAMP, F SAME PLACE.

" GARMENT-HOOK.

To aZZ whom it may concern.- h .i Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. CHAMP, a citi: zen ofthe United States, residing in the city and "countyof Philadelphia,"in theState of;

Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hooks, ot

the followingis a specification; The object otmyinvention istheprovisiou of a hook of a simple and inexpensive char.-

. ,subjectrmatter-claimed as novel being herehends .by virtue of its described, not liable to be accidentally disen- 'gaged from it.'

.acter, and adapted to be easily manually ongaged with and disengaged from the eye, but, constructiomas hereinafter In the accempanying drawings I show and herein I describe a good form of a convenient embodi'mentlofi m invention,.the particular loafter definitely specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front or face view of a hook embodying my invention, represented. as engaged with an' eye. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the hook without the eye. 1 Fig. 3 is a fron-ter face view of the hook, showing an eyein the posi: tion which it is caused to assumein the act of. engagement or disengagement.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

Generally state-d, my invention compre:

ahook the bill of which, while-structurally continuous of the shank, overhangs and exists at an angle (preferably a right angle) with respect to' it, the curved portion, bend,

' or bight, of the hook intermediate between and connective of the said shank and bill egr- ,isting in a plane approximately horizontal,

as a result of .which construction the bight of thehook is closed except for the open space between the under face of the bill and the upper face of the shank, and movement of the hook or the eye with relation the one to the other in engagement or disengagement, must be in a direction approximately right angular to the axis of the shank.r 1

- My improved-hook, which may, of course, be formed of any suitable material,is shown in the drawings, as formed of wire, the body of the hook, comprisingthe shank, bill, and bend, being formed of a single wire doubled upon itself, and having its end portions curved SPEGIEICATIdN forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,891, dated March '19, 1895. laureate September 29, m4. fierial No. 524,459. (No model.)

' away from each other to form the thread eyes,

in the usual manner.

In the preferrediconstruction of my improved hook, as shown, the metal forming the Outer portion of the'shanlk, is bent laterally, and inapproximately a horizontal plane, to form a return curve of any desired radius, which I termthe bend of the hook, the end portion beyond the bend, which forms the bill, 6e and into which said bend merges, being extended transversely across, and terminating at any desired distance beyond, the shank. The bill of the hook, in the form shown-in the drawings, while straight in plan or when viewed from the front, is of arciform contour when-viewed from the edge, its arch or rise being preferablyconcentrie with respect o the axis "of the shank and of sutficient radius to afford the desired clearness to the .eye in its 76 entrance beneath and passage along said-"bill.

In its practical employment, my improved garment hook, isplaced in engagement with A the eye by slipping the eye over the end of the bill, asshown inFig. 3, and moving the said 7 5 eye transversely of the shank along said bill until, under the tendency of the opposing edges of the garment to which the hook and eye-arerespectively applied to draw away from each other, or under the guidance of the 86' fingers of the user, the eye reaches its position of final engagement, as shown in Fig. l.

By virtue of the angular relationship ofthe billwith respect to the shank, said bill, shank, and connecting bend, form, in plan, a complete circle, the only mouth to or outlet from which is the passage beneath the bill and betweenit and the shank. When, then, the eye is seated with respect to my improved hook as in Fig. 1,- and the opposing edges of the 0 garment to which the hook and eye are respectively applied happen to-approach each other, the eye which in an ordinary hook would pass rearwardly out from beneath the bill and become disengaged from the hook, 5

simply presents its rounded end portion or bight against the transversely disposed bill,

and is thereby prevented from becoming ac cidentally disengaged from the hook.

The preferred arcitorm contour of. the bill 10a serves to form a curved mouth to the hook through-which the eye cannot ordinarily find 4 its way unassisted, while, the extension of the end of the bill down to a point on a level with the. shank, obviates the likelihood of the bill, catching in other garments or the fingers of the user.

, While the general arrangement of the ,hook Mc-theeurv ed contour of its mouth render it impossible under ordinary circumstances for the hook and eye to become accidentally disengaged, yet disengagement may be very readily, easily and certainly effected under the guidance of the fingers ofthe user.

In the drawings, A is. the shank of the hook;

, a, the bend; b, the bill, and'e the thread eyes.

0 designates the eye.'

Having thus described my invention, I-

claim- 1. A hook consisting of a shank, bend,and

' bill, the shank and bend being in approxiinately the same horizontal plan e, and the bill being transversely disposed with respect to the shank, substantially as set forth.

2. A hook consisting of'ashank, bend, and

bill, the shank and bend beingin approximately the same horizontal plane, and the bill being transversely disposed with respect to,

bill, the shank and bend being in approximately the same horizontal plane, and the bill being arciform and transversely disposed with respect to the shank, substantially asset forth.

4. A hook consisting of a shank, bend, and bill, the shank and bend lying in approximately a common horizontal plane, and the bill being transversely disposed with respect to the shank and overhanging the same, and having its extremity bent down to a point approximately level with the shank, substantially as set forth.

In' testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto signed my name this 25th day of September, A. D. 1894.

JOSEPH C. ORAMP.

In presence of- J. BONSALL TAYLOR, F. NORMAN DIXON.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No.'535,891, granted March 19, 1895, upon the application of Joseph G Cramp, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Garment-Hooks, an error appears in" the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 70, page 1,the'w ord clearnessf should read clearance; and that the said Letters'Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice. Signed, coimtersigned and sealed this 26th day of March, A. 1895.

[SEAL] .JNO. M. REYNOLDS, Assistant Secretary of I the Interior. Countersigned:

JOHN S. SE; n.1,

- Commissioner of Patents; 

